Konecranes and Linde Material Handling, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the KION Group, have today successfully closed the transaction to collaborate in the container handling lift truck business.
Fiji has joined forces with a major global maritime logistics company to overhaul the operation of the country’s two biggest ports, Suva and Lautoka, and speed up the flow of goods in and out of the country.
Australia’s Port of Melbourne has released a shortlist of the four bidders vying to operate the new AUS$1.2 billion container terminal at Webb Dock East.
Ports of Auckland (POAL), the New Zealand terminal operator, has selected Navis’ SPARCS N4 terminal operating system (TOS) for its container operations in Auckland.
Liebherr Container Cranes has announced a number of repeat orders from its existing clients due for delivery this year, including from Beunos Aires, Argentina and Odessa in the Ukraine.
Boris Wenzel, former CEO of Polish container company DCT Gdansk, has been appointed the new chief operations manager (COO) of Noatum Ports.
Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) has reached an agreement with Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) to call Khalifa Port Container Terminal with their CMX service.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) issued an update on the current situation in the Port of Hong Kong, where subcontracted workers have been on strike for nearly a month.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a contract to Skanska Koch, Inc. and Kiewit Infrastructure Co, as part of its $1.29 billion program to increase the navigational clearance of the Bayonne Bridge.
Drewry Maritime Research anticipates global container trade to grow by 4.7 percent this year and 5.7 percent next year, reaching 684 million TEU by the end of 2013, according to the London-based shipping consultants’ latest forecasts.
Transas Marine Pacific has been awarded two contracts for its Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTMS) in Malaysia.
Bechtel has today launched a new research initiative aimed at improving the safety of mooring large cargo ships off the coast of West Africa.
